 Stitch, stitch, stitch, In poverty, hunger, and dirt. Sewing at once, with a double thread A shroud as well as a shirt ! But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems...  The Dublin Review - Page 391edited by - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 pages
...thread, A shroud as well as a shirt ! 5. " But why do I talk of death, That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like...seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; 0 God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap I 6. "Work — work — work!... | |
 | Daniel Stevens Dickinson - 1867 - 772 pages
...double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt. " But why do I talk of death, That phantom of grizzly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own. It seems so like my own, Because of the fast I keep. Oh God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap." If these grievances... | |
 | Daniel Stevens Dickinson - 1867 - 756 pages
...terrible shape, It seems so like my own— It seems so like my own, Because of the fast I keep ; O God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap 1" Here where we see woman happy, respected, aud elevated, we recognize a source of many blessing8,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 pages
...double thread, .A shroud as well as a shirt. " But why do I talk of death, That phantom of grisly bone, It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep, O God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap! VI. " Work — work — work !... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 pages
...thread, A shroud as well as a shirt. V. " But why do I talk of death, That phantom of grisly bone, I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep, Oh God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap I... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - 1808 - 596 pages
...double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt. "But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone, I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like...and blood so cheap ! " Work — work— work ! My labor never flags ; And whac are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags. That shatter'd... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 pages
...double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt. " But why do I talk of death, That Phantom of grizzly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like...fasts I keep ; Oh, God ! that bread should be so dear, " Work, — work, — work ! My labor never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 pages
...double thread, A SHROUD as well as a shirt. « But why do I talk of Death, That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own ! It seems so like my own Because of the fast I keep ; O God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap 1 " Work — work... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 pages
...a shirt. GARLAND. H5 " But why do I talk of Death, That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear hia terrible shape, It seems so like my own ! It seems so like my own Because of the fast I keep ; O God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap I " "Work — work... | |
 | Miriam Schneir - 1972 - 388 pages
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